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Irenaeus (c. 130–202) was a Greek thinker who was born in Asia Minor to a Christian family. His historic connections to early Christianity ran deep, as he was a student of the apostolic father Polycarp (69–155). Christian tradition asserts that Polycarp actually knew the apostle John—so Irenaeus wasn’t too far removed from the time of ...
Dec 31, 2014 · Five books of S. Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons, against heresies Bookreader Item Preview
Adversus Haereses. Adversus Haereses is the commonly used Latin title for a book by the Church Father Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon in Gaul (now France). It is also often cited as Against Heresies or On the Detection and Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis. It is a five-volume work against Gnosticism and other Christian heresies, written around 180 CE.
Irenaeus: Against Heresies. In Against Heresies (in Early Christian Fathers [ECF], pictured to the right) Irenaeus articulates multiple arguments against Gnostic teaching. First, Irenaeus responds to a Gnostic claim that the message preserved in the Gospels is flawed since it was preached before the Apostles came to perfect knowledge (ECF 370).
BOOK I. PREFACE. 1. INASMUCH (1) as certain men have set the truth aside, and bring in lying words and vain genealogies, which, as the apostle says, (2) "minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith," and by means of their craftily-constructed plausibilities draw away the minds of the inexperienced and take them captive, [I ...
Jan 4, 2023 · Against Heresies: Book I. Preface. 1. Inasmuch as certain men have set the truth aside, and bring in lying words and vain genealogies, which, as the apostle says, “minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith,” and by means of their craftily-constructed plausibilities draw away the minds of the inexperienced and take them captive, [I have felt constrained, my dear friend ...
May 21, 2010 · English. LibriVox recording of Against Heresies, by Irenaeus. St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, describes several schools of Gnosticism which were prevalent among pre-Nicene Christianity. He then refutes these beliefs as heresies by contrasting them with what he describes as catholic, orthodox Christianity. Against Heresies demonstrates that ...